scriptures – Passion of Hope

After Winter, Spring

Julieanne Bartlett May 9, 2024 2 Comments

I have a love-hate relationship with the season of winter. Every year, the weather turns crisp, and the days get shorter as we enter autumn. I’m one of those pumpkin “freaks” who come out of the woodwork, eager to add pumpkin spice to everything and anything I can. Even though summer is my favorite season, I actually welcome the cooler days with their reprieve from the scorching sun and...

Biblical Principles for Dating: Do you need some holy help?

Julieanne Bartlett July 22, 2023 0 Comments

Hello Everyone! Are you tired of the confusion and uncertainty that often comes with modern dating? Come learn from the Bible! Let it help you make dating less painful. We felt alone and lonely on our journey many times. We know what it’s like to be discouraged by and perplexed about the dating landscape. We had to figure out how to put ourselves “out there” so as to meet a suitable...

Reasons for Prolonged Singleness 9

Julieanne Bartlett May 30, 2023 2 Comments

We are concluding this series on the reasons for prolonged singleness! This month is Part 9, wherein I will cover one last reason that people may stay single. As I stated in last month’s blog post, this series does not present an exhaustive list. There can always be other reasons for prolonged singleness. However, my intention was to provide an inventory of the reasons I have encountered both...

Reasons for Prolonged Singleness 8

Julieanne Bartlett April 17, 2023 0 Comments

Hello there and thank you for continuing along with me in this series on the reasons for prolonged singleness. We are now on Part 8 and have one more blog post in the series to cover after this one. While this topic has taken some time (there was also a break in there) I do think it was good to cover individually the various reasons for prolonged singleness. Of course, the reasons offered in...

Reasons for Prolonged Singleness Part 7

Julieanne Bartlett March 30, 2023 0 Comments

Welcome! If you are joining us for the first time, we are continuing along in a series on the reasons for prolonged singleness. We have covered five contributory reasons thus far, which include lack of knowledge regarding the vocation of marriage, prior wounding, male/female relationship dynamics, spiritual warfare, and one’s failure to act. The next reason for prolonged singleness that we are...

Hope for Marriage Challenge!

Julieanne Bartlett March 13, 2023 0 Comments

See link below for all the details!! Sign up for the Hope for Marriage Challenge at this link! Have you lost hope in finding true love? Have you lost hope for marriage in your life? Maybe, you don’t even know that you have lost hope. Maybe, you have just quietly quit on this dream of yours. Maybe, you have let your hope slip away. Have you let your hope slip away? Do you feel this road of...

Reasons for Prolonged Singleness Part 3

Julieanne Bartlett May 31, 2022 2 Comments

I am continuing along with the series on Reasons for Prolonged Singleness. Last month, I looked at the first reason, which is when people do not have knowledge about or understand the truth of their calling to marriage. This month, I will discuss prior wounding and family of origin issues. As I shared in the first post in this series, Jesus stated that there are only three reasons that a person...

Reasons for Prolonged Singleness Part 2

Julieanne Bartlett April 28, 2022 4 Comments

In last month’s blog, Reasons for Prolonged Singleness Part 1, I introduced the current series wherein I will be covering a number of reasons that people get stuck in prolonged singleness. As I have shared in previous posts, I was very afraid that God had called me to singleness even though I had a deep desire to marry. I struggled for a long time trying to understand what his will for me was...

Reasons for Prolonged Singleness Part 1

Julieanne Bartlett March 29, 2022 2 Comments

Prolonged Singleness. When I first heard the term applied to my struggle of finding a husband, I was strangely comforted. There was a name for what I was dealing with. I was in my mid-thirties at the time and had been unable to maintain a relationship with a man to marriage. In my blog post, “Prolonged Singleness: Are You Stuck in the Single State?,” I shared my discovery of the concept of...

Modern Day Elizabeth

Julieanne Bartlett January 20, 2022 2 Comments

Happy 2022! I want to begin this year by encouraging you regarding your desire for marriage, knowing it is God’s will to help you find a suitable spouse. Having recently completed the Advent and Christmas season of the Church, the scripture readings reminded me of how the story of Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, correlates to the struggle of prolonged singleness. In fact,...

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